The vice president is set to meet with Latin American leaders in Chile and Costa Rica later this month.

(CNN) – Vice President Joe Biden will travel to Latin America later this month, according to White House statement released Friday.

Biden will head south of the border March 27-30, arriving in Chile and Costa Rica to meet with Latin American leaders to discuss the Summit of the Americas - a meeting between heads of state and government taking place April in Trinidad and Tobago.

The vice president will also attend the Progressive Governance conference in Chile, along with the presidents of Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Uruguay, and the Prime Ministers of Norway and the United Kingdom.